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Halloween II

  • 2009
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  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
62K
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Tyler Mane in Halloween II (2009)
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Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.

  • Director
    • Rob Zombie
  • Writer
    • Rob Zombie
  • Stars
    • Scout Taylor-Compton
    • Tyler Mane
    • Malcolm McDowell
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    62K
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    • Director
      • Rob Zombie
    • Writer
      • Rob Zombie
    • Stars
      • Scout Taylor-Compton
      • Tyler Mane
      • Malcolm McDowell
    • 688User reviews
    • 258Critic reviews
    • 35Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Scout Taylor-Compton
    Scout Taylor-Compton
    • Laurie Strode
    Tyler Mane
    Tyler Mane
    • Michael Myers
    Malcolm McDowell
    Malcolm McDowell
    • Dr. Samuel Loomis
    Sheri Moon Zombie
    Sheri Moon Zombie
    • Deborah Myers
    Chase Wright Vanek
    • Young Michael
    • (as Chase Vanek)
    Brad Dourif
    Brad Dourif
    • Sheriff Lee Brackett
    Caroline Williams
    Caroline Williams
    • Dr. Maple
    Dayton Callie
    Dayton Callie
    • Coroner Hooks
    Richard Brake
    Richard Brake
    • Gary Scott
    Octavia Spencer
    Octavia Spencer
    • Nurse Daniels
    Danielle Harris
    Danielle Harris
    • Annie Brackett
    Richard Riehle
    Richard Riehle
    • Buddy the Night Watchman
    Margot Kidder
    Margot Kidder
    • Barbara Collier
    Mary Birdsong
    Mary Birdsong
    • Nancy McDonald
    Brea Grant
    Brea Grant
    • Mya Rockwell
    Howard Hesseman
    Howard Hesseman
    • Uncle Meat
    Angela Trimbur
    Angela Trimbur
    • Harley David
    Diane Ayala Goldner
    Diane Ayala Goldner
    • Jane Salvador
    • Director
      • Rob Zombie
    • Writer
      • Rob Zombie
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    6maisyskinner

    Brutal Study of PTSD

    Halloween II picks up where the last film left off with Laurie Strode a complete and utter basket case. She lashes out at her friends, her psychiatrist, and anyone else in her way. To make matters worse, Dr. Loomis has just released a new tell-all book about the events of the last film, revealing that Laurie is actually Michael Myers' sister which sends her into an even deeper depression as the anniversary rolls around and Michael returns to carve up a new batch of victims.

    Writer/director Rob Zombie deserves a massive amount of credit for doing his own thing here. Whereas his first film felt like a less effective paint by numbers remake of John Carpenter's film with just a few of his own flourishes poking through, his sequel is one of the more interesting installments in the series.

    There's a lot in this film that feels forced or out of place like most scenes with Michael Myers visiting with visions of his mother, his younger self, and a random white horse, but the dramatic moments between survivors Laurie, Annie, and Annie's father are heartbreaking and played with an unbearable amount of realism.
    3pughspencer

    Now this is how you kill a franchise

    Some people either like or hate Rob Zombie's remake, but most can agree the sequel is just one big mess. It's quite the experience i must say. Zombie managed to make the characters more irritating with a lot more unnecessary swearing, i swear youll hear the F word every minute in this movie. It seems like it's trying hard to make us care for Laurie but we don't. Shes so damn obnoxious & whiny with zero sympathy. Annie is written kinda bad too. She gets so mad at her dad cuz he calls a cop to watch her even though she was almost killed by Michael the year prior. Dr. Loomis is pretty much unrecognisable in this movie and every scene hes in other than the ending is pointless. The kills are even more bloody & brutal than before & I hate the excessive grunting Michael does too. The ghostly mom visions with the white horse are ridiculous and this whole relationship with his Mom just feels too much like Jason Voorhees. Only character I cared about in this movie was Brad Dourif as sheriff bracket.

    As for positives I actually like the hobo Myers approach to this version. It's a more realistic way of what a killer would be doing till next Halloween. I didn't mind him having the mask off either cuz when he puts it back on it makes it feel a little more special. And it's a pretty stylistic movie. I like the grain of the camera Rob shot the movie with. And there's some pretty cool decorations especially at that party scene. Definitely feels more like the Halloween season compared to some of the other sequels in the series. Other than that this movie is just plain bad. And like the first one I recommend tracking down the theatrical version. Unrated director's cut is just too long for a slasher movie & that versions ending is terrible. Also you get a lot less screaming & annoyance from Laurie.
    5pgtmatrix

    letdown.

    Yes I'm one of the few people who thoroughly enjoyed rob zombie's remake of halloween. So I was extremely excited to find out he was making the second one.

    I love Zombie's directing style and I do think he is somewhat talented. But this movie just wasn't his best. The style and feel of the film was perfect. But the storyline was complete trash. He should have stuck to the original story.

    Zombie's "re-imagining" of the second coming of Michael Myers was way off. Yeah he spiced up the original with Michael's backstory, but he completely redid the second one.

    So if you just want to see people get stabbed with a cool directorial style and nice lighting(oh and boobs, lots of those) then yeah you might like it.

    But for what it's worth, the backbone of any good movie is good source material, and the source material for this was Zombie's lackluster screenplay.

    Shame. The first one was so promising. This one definitely ended it. Not only because Zombie says he won't direct another, but because it went so far downhill from the first one it basically killed itself.

    Oh and the final scene in the movie is ridiculously laughable and will most likely give you a WTF look on your face.

    5/10 for this one. Just don't take it too seriously and think of it as another slasher flick and you may enjoy it for what it is. Just another slasher flick. Nothing special here.
    5creepinthecellar

    Might Not Be Perfect, But Way Better than the Remake, Series Best Sequel In Years... Thank You Mr. Zombie.

    For a person who took a strong disliking to Rob Zombie's Halloween remake, I must say the follow-up, HALLOWEEN II was a breath of fresh air for an avid fan of the Halloween series. It might not be a return to the "Gone of the Wind" of horror movies, but an overall improvement in story, suspense, as well as a pacing that clearly shows Zombie was not in clutches and struggle of trying to rehash John Carpenter's original film while trying to put a spin on it. There were story elements to pick a bone with and the constraints of the 2007 film are obvious. Luckily, Zombie has his white-trash-reality pieces to a minimum in this movie. Though there are accidental homages to the Rick Rosenthal's Halloween II, don't be mistaken. This entry is very different and something completely of Rob Zombie's sole vision. THIS IS NOT A REMAKE, THIS IS A PURE SEQUEL.

    The direction was much more focal and clear and Zombie actually delivers some scares, which the first round lacked very much. I also liked the element of Michael Myers having a serious sense of overkill on his victims. And it was also enlightening to see emotional points as well as examinations of the crazed mind, as Michael sees apparitions of his mother as well as him as a child, and as Laurie learns more about herself, begins to have visions and dreams of her own, leading us to question her mental state as events unfold. The characters were way better and the rhythm of the film was refreshing.

    Not that it didn't have its moments with necessity to nitpick a bit. Though the "death rides a pale horse" theme of the movie was an awesome story element, it also seemed at times corny as hell. People who aren't big fans of Sheri Moon being in his movies might find it somewhat hard to stomach, but overall the concept had legs. The "ogre" hobo look made Michael Myers seem less threatening at times, but there's also some cool shots as he wanders on his journey. My biggest stake with this film is how much the Dr. Loomis character has strayed into a complete slimeball, instead of the crazed doctor out to get Michael. That left a disheartening taste in my mouth. The score lacked the Halloween themes until the ending, but thankfully what was there throughout wasn't a pretentious modern horror score, playing as more of an ambiance than a shrieking powerful score, which intensified the film a bit to my surprise.

    Where all the movies have entertained to a small or large extent, the Halloween series in general has had its extreme highs and unbearable lows. And though there are story elements in this movie that some might dislike (including the "un-reality" sequences), it sure beats Michael's Curse of Thorn or the Man in Black from Halloween 5 & 6, where the filmmakers strayed away from continuity. Only to get busy in series reboots like H20 and Resurrection (the latter being the worst of all the sequels and the first being a weak recharge). What I recommend for next time is a straight ahead sequel to tie up all the loose ends left by sequels that failed to take things in different directions, seeing as tho this is Rob's last venture into Halloweenland. But as his closing film in the Halloween saga, this movie was a serious improvement and I give kudos to this as opposed to a remake that half loved and half could barely fathom.

    7/10
    5MLDinTN

    not as good as Zombie's first Halloween remake

    Zombie's first remake was a little different by having a background story of a young Michael Myers and how he turned into a killer. This movie was just your typical slasher film; plus it was annoying as to how many dream sequences there were. The film picks up were the last one left off. Somehow a dead Michael Myers escapes a crashed coroner van and brutally kills the van's passenger. A year later and it's almost Halloween again. Michael has visions of his mother, a white horse, and his younger self telling him to bring them all home, including his sister. So, we are too believe Michael has been living for a year in hiding and not killing and all of a sudden knows it's Halloween so returns to his hometown. We have some kills at a strip club and some rednecks. And before long he's chasing Laurie.

    FINAL VERDICT: There are a few good scenes for the gore fans and that's the best thing I can say about the movie. I wouldn't pay to see it, but if you catch it on cable, it's good for a bad horror movie.

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    • Trivia
      When Rob Zombie had to have a few days worth of footage shipped off for developing at the start of production, the film canisters were accidentally x-rayed by airport security, ruining the film reels and forcing several days worth of re-shoots.
    • Goofs
      (at around 42 mins) During Loomis's interview in front of the dilapidated Myer's house it is obviously not the same house used in the previous film.
    • Quotes

      [from alternate ending]

      Michael Myers: [before stabbing Loomis] Die!

    • Crazy credits
      Stills of crime scene photographs of Michael's murders are shown over the credits.
    • Alternate versions
      The Director's Cut runs 14 minutes longer (119 minutes). Among the changes:
      • The opening scene with Laurie walking and Loomis being placed into the ambulance is longer.
      • The hospital dream scene has an extra sequence of Laurie attempting to cross over a pile of bodies.
      • An on screen title that said "One Year Later" in the Theatrical Cut now says "Two Years Later."
      • During the breakfast scene, Laurie and Annie now argue about going to the psychiatrist.
      • More dialogue with Laurie and the psychiatrist. Laurie looks at a framed inkblot on a wall and says that it looks like a white horse.
      • Loomis' press conference is expanded. Loomis discusses Michael's Oedipal complex, as well as the idea that Michael perhaps saw Loomis as a father figure.
      • Added sequence where Laurie runs a bath and begins to freak out.
      • Laurie stopping to play with a pig on her way to work is removed. She instead goes to the psychiatrist and tells her about playing with the pig (we see a few seconds of it, now in flashback), and how it triggered a nervous breakdown of sorts. When the shrink denies her more pills, Laurie freaks out and swears.
      • The scene where Annie finds Laurie drinking a beer in her room has been expanded: They have another fight.
      • A non-masked Michael (along with Young Michael and his mother) angrily looks at a billboard that advertises Loomis' book.
      • When Laurie and Maya come home from the party, there is a short added sequence of them making tea in the kitchen prior to going upstairs. There's also an added shot of Michael apparently walking out of the house.
      • Brackett's reaction to finding Annie's body is longer, containing video flashbacks of real-life actress Danielle Harris as a child.
      • The ending is significantly different: After Loomis enters the cabin, Michael throws him through a wall, and the two of them wind up outside. Michael then removes his mask, yells "DIE!", and stabs Loomis. The cops then open fire and kill Michael. Laurie then comes out, takes Michael's knife, and approaches Loomis with it, implying that she may stab him. The cops then open fire on her and seemingly kill her. We then fade to the same hospital footage seen at the end of the theatrical cut as a cover of "Love Hurts" plays on the soundtrack.
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    • Release date
      • August 28, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • HalloweenMovies.com: The Official site of Michael Myers
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Halloween 2
    • Filming locations
      • Decatur, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Dimension Films
      • Spectacle Entertainment Group
      • Trancas International Films
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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $33,392,973
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $16,349,565
      • Aug 30, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $39,421,467
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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